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Hillside board approves grouped finance, buildings, education and labor-relations items; corrects contract attachment
Summary
The Hillside Public School District board approved grouped consent items across finance, buildings and grounds, education and labor relations. Members noted a correction to a contract attachment; motions carried by roll call with one abstention and one absent member.
The Hillside Public School District Board of Education approved grouped consent items across four committee areas and accepted a correction to a labor-relations contract attachment during its meeting.
Board members voted to approve items 1–9 under finance; items 1–4 under buildings and grounds; items 1–17 under education; and item 1.c.32 under labor relations. The board adopted the motions by roll call, with one member absent and one recorded abstention on a specific item.
The approvals encompassed routine consent items as presented on the agenda. Member Shapiro moved to approve items 1–9 under finance; Doctor Howard seconded the motion. Member Parks moved to approve items 1–4 under buildings and grounds; an unnamed member seconded. Vice President Horton Givens moved to approve items 1–17 under education; an unnamed member seconded. Doctor Howard moved the labor-relations item 1.c.32; it was seconded and carried following a brief clarification about a contract attachment.
The roll call for the grouped finance motion noted Miss Aguirre was not present. The roll calls for the other grouped motions recorded the same voting membership; members present voted in favor. One member recorded an abstention on finance item 6 and on the bills list (abstention noted in the roll call). The meeting transcript identifies the following voting members during roll calls: Mister Estremero (yes), Miss Hargrave (yes), Vice President Horton Givens (yes), Doctor Howard (yes), Mister O'Kai (yes), Miss Parks (yes), Mister Shapiro (moved/yes except the noted abstention), and President Best (yes). Miss Aguirre was recorded as having left and was not recorded voting in the roll calls cited.
During the labor-relations item (motion 32) board members flagged an error in an attachment to the motion. The attachment repeated a contract year; board discussion clarified the fourth year should read 2027–2028. Board members confirmed the resolution text itself was correct and that the correction applied to the attachment only. The motion carrying the labor-relations item was approved with that correction noted on the record.
No additional public debate or substantive amendments were recorded for the grouped consent items. The board chair announced each motion carried after the roll calls.
Votes at a glance: finance items 1–9 (moved Member Shapiro; second Doctor Howard) — approved; buildings and grounds items 1–4 (moved Member Parks) — approved; education items 1–17 (moved Vice President Horton Givens) — approved; labor relations item 1.c.32 (moved Doctor Howard) — approved, with attachment correction (fourth year should read 2027–2028).
The board moved next to announcements and adjournment.
